Written in a self-contained tutorial fashion, this monograph successfully brings the latest theoretical advances in the design of robust adaptive systems to the realm of industrial applications. It provides a theoretical basis for verifying some of the reported industrial successes of existing adaptive control schemes and enables readers to synthesize adaptive versions of their own robust internal model control schemes.

1. Introduction.- 2. Mathematical Preliminaries.- 3. Internal Model Control Schemes.- 4. On-line Parameter Estimation.- 5. Adaptive Internal Model Control Schemes.- 6. Robust Parameter Estimation.- 7. Robust Adaptive IMC Schemes.- 8. Conclusion.- A. The YJBK Parametrization of All Stabilizing Controllers.- B. Optimization Using the Gradient Method.